The herpetofaunal diversity of Takhar Province, Afghanistan Author Jablonski, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-0114 Department of Zoology, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia daniel.jablonski@uniba.sk Author Khalili, Faizurrahman Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, Takhar University, Taleqan, Afghanistan & Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkiye Author Masroor, Rafaqat https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6248-546X Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Shakarparian, Islamabad, Pakistan text Herpetozoa 2023 2023-04-04 36 73 90 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e98319 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e98319 2682-955X-36-73 C96971CA471F41DEB3849F9045079B54 99736BE2991D50A0AF71BBA07640E7E0 Naja oxiana (Eichwald, 1831) Figs 9 , 10G Takhar record. Bay Yawa (Qizilqiya), 37.4267°N , 69.7085°E , 736 m a. s. l., 1 September 2019, observed on the sandy road during the evening and in the morning next day. Distribution in Afghanistan. According to Wagner et al. (2016) , this species is known from different parts of the country, mostly from the northern and south-eastern Provinces, i.e. Badghis, Herat, Kabul, Kunduz, Logar and Nangarhar (Fig. 9 ). It represents 18% of all provinces. Chorotype. Iranian + Turanian + Palearctic-Oriental transition zone. Remarks. This is the first record of this species from Takhar Province. Kazemi et al. (2021) compared the genetic data of populations from northern Afghanistan with those from Iran and Turkmenistan and highlighted a shallow pattern of genetic variability suggesting ecological plasticity (the species is inhabiting variety of habitats) connected with rapid colonisation events in the past. However, populations south of the Hindu Kush Mountains were not studied and, due to this significant geographic barrier, we can expect the deeper genetic structure of the species.